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Muqi
16th or 17th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
51 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (130.8 x 69.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture
Korea or possibly Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number
12.123.2
Tags
Dragons
About the Artist
Muqi · 1250–1280
Muqi Fachang (c. 1210?–1269?), a Chan Buddhist monk from Sichuan, emerged as one of the Southern Song dynasty's most evocative painters, blending spiritual insight with bold ink techniques. Early details of his life remain sparse, but he began as a monk in a Sichuan monastery before becoming a disciple of the revered Chan master Wuzhun Shifan (1177–1249) at Mount Qingcheng, where their master-disc...